Reversible cuff.



S. BINSWANGER.

REVERSIBLE GUPE.

APPLIGATION FILED FEB. 1, 1913.

Patented Oct. 28, 1913.

1N VEN TOR Allomey STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL BINSWANGER, 0F NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOB TO NEW COLUMBIA SHIRT COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

REVERSIBLE CUFF.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 28, 1913.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL BmswANcER, of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Reversible Cuffs; and I do hereby declare the following to be a. full, clear, and exact description of the invent-ion, such as will enable others skilled in the art .t'o which it appertains to make and use the same. I

My invention relates to an improvement in reversible cuffs of the type known as attached cuffs.

In most reversible cuffs as now made, the two faces of the cuff proper and the attaching member are made of a plurality of pieces of fabric, turned in and stitched at one or both edges of the end. \Vhen the stitching threads break, the edge of the fabric will be exposed and fray out thus rendering the cuff unfit for use. In other forms of reversible cuffs which are made of 'a continuous piece of material, the two thicknesses at the edges are stitched, but in these forms the edges are no thicker, and no more rigid than the body of the cuff hence contact with a moist hand or wrist soon causes the edge to wrinkle and lose its shape.

The object of my invention is to so construct the cuff that the edges will be thicker and stiffer than the body of the cuff, and also that there will be no raw, or selvage edges at either edge of the cuff thereby rendering the latter practically indestructible in ordinary usage, and it consists in the details of construction as will be more fully described and pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view in elevation of a section of a sleeve showing the cuff attached. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of same. Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2 showing the cuff turned to its other position. Fig. 4 is a view in cross section showing the manner of folding the cuff and its integral attaching member before any of the parts are stitched, and Fig. 5 is a similar view after stitching.

The cuff is composed of two members 1 and 2, the former being the cuff proper or main member and the latter the attaching member. Cuff 1 and its attaching member 2, are formed from a single piece of fabric folded as shown in Fig. 4, that is to say, a width 3 equal to one face of the cuff is left at the center, and the two edges folded back as at 4, onto the rear face of section 3 to a point midway the width of the latter. The two ends 5. of the material are then folded back to back and constitute the attaching member 2 of the cuff. The main section of the cuff is provided with a stiffening lining 6, and the material a-t'two edges of the main section 1 of the cuff are then turned in slightly as at 7, so that the cuff at its two edges will be of at least four thickness of material. The two edges of the cuff are then stitched as at 8 through the four thicknesses and also through the lining 6 as shown, and are also stitched at their extreme outer edges as at 9. The two ends of the fabric constituting the attaching member are stitched together at 10 adjacent the cuff 1, and are attached to the shirt sleeve by a stitching 11. In order to prevent the cuff and the linin from wrinkling and to prevent the attaching member 2 from pulling the face of the cuff with which it is integral, away from the other face of the cuff, the part are stitched together approximately at the center as at 12. The selvage ends of the cufls are turned in and stitched in the ordinary manner. WVith this construction the two edges are-reinforced and thickened so as to prevent undue bending or wrinkling, and if the stitching at the edges break, there will be no raw edges exposed.

By making the attaching member without a lining, and connecting it midway the Width of the main member of the cuff, a

flexible or hinge joint is formed which permits the main member to be turned so as to rest either outside or inside of the attaching member, but as the latter is a part of the cuff, is integral therewith, the cuff presents, in both adjustments the appearance of a non-reversible attached cuff.

From the construction shown it is evident that the cuff may be so turned as to present the entire surface 2- of the main chamber 1, at the outside, and when the outer edge becomes soiled, it can be reversed to present the other edge downwardly, and when so placed the attaching member 2 is exposed at thizf outside and forms the upper half of the cu Having fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is

' A reversible cuff comprising a main memher and an attaching member formed from a single piece of materiel folded upon itself, the two ends coming together at one side at the main member approximately at the center of the latter, and constituting the attaching member, the two edges of the main member being turned in so as to provide additional thicknesses of materiel at the extreme outer edges, and a, stifleninlg lining for the main member the said main member and lining therein being stitched at the edges and Ion itudinally approximately at the center of t e cufi', and the parts constituting the attaching member being stitched together close up to the main member.

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

' SAMUEL BINSWANGER.

Witnesses:

SAMUEL FUHR, MORRIS LEVY. 

